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January 11, 2015 by ADMIN

Arsenal v Stoke review – Easy Peasy Threesy for galloping Gunners

After the horror show that Arsenal produced away to Stoke a few weeks ago, which was probably the worst 45 minutes from the Gunners for many a year, it was vital that Arsenal put on a much better showing in front of the Emirates crowd.

And the way we started that game, the Arsenal players would have been determined to begin the game well and we certainly did that. Begovic had already had to prodduce two very good saves from Alexis Sanchez and Tomas Rosicky in the opening minutes, but there was nothing their keeper could do to stop Laurent Koscielny scoring with a feee header from Alexis’ cross in the 6th minute.

THey were struggling to cope with the slick passing and link up play of Rosicky, Cazorla, Alexis and co, so they had no chance of putting us under the sort of pressure they do at home. Then with just one defender, Hector Bellerin, on the bench, our injury curse surfaced again, with Debuchy taking a bad knock after being pushed into the hoardings by Arnautovic. You could not make it up!

Wenger made the change quickly but it had knocked us off our stride and it took around 10 minutes before Giroud brought another great save from Begovic. The big Frenchman then came close again but put his shot high and wide. Giroud was also getting some rough treatment from Shawcross and as the ref kept letting it go he was losing his rag.

Then with about half an hour gone and Stoke starting to feel abit more confident, awesome Alexis scored our second with a beautiful run and precise finish with a little help in the build up from Rosicky. Then we nearly lost a second full back before halftime after Monreal was clattered by Crouch and needed a cut stitching up. Still no yellow cards though, even though Stoke admit what their tactics will be when facing Arsenal.

Although Arsenal had not managed to finish the game off, we did so almost straight after the restart, with an Alexis free kick creeping in the near post with a deflection. Now you thought it was all about how many we could score and keeping a clean sheet because Stoke looked beaten.

We produced some brilliant football, without finding another goal, before Wenger brought Walcott on for the Ox with 67 minutes on the clock. And he soon made the final change, Ozil for Giroud. Both subs did pretty well and had decent chances to score, but were understandably a bit rusty. Their time on the pitch will stand them and Arsenal in good stead though.

At least we managed to keep the clean sheet, get our revenge on Stoke and build confidence for the games to come. Now for Man City…..

if we go to manc w ospina, roziscky, coq , we’ll do well. roz/coq are now our best CDM layer. arteta & esp flam arent going to be starting much … thank god. mert is a timebomb and needs replacement. main thing w manc is not to concede early on away games.

Q:on whether that influences transfers…
A:Not so much because we were in the market anyway. Monreal and Debuchy can play centre back, but if Gibbs is not here Monreal cannot play centre back and if Debuchy is not here he cannot play centre back. This is a position where we are short.

Sanchez the nuts! personally I feel santi should have motm! He ran the midfield throughout! How many times do you see nzonzi get out played then subbed?
Rosicky wasn’t far behind, forget his age that boy can run! and as for the coq? Now he’s home, he’s looking like what he promised to be………fingers crossed!
Great performance, players back as well, top 3 easily with a good run, now its our time to turn it on…..!
COYG 😉

Just imagine how many goals were gonna be banging in when Theo’s back inform, his movement is deadly and an inform theo would have netted 3 in the last 2 games. And then you have Electric Sanchez banging them in for fun already.
And did anyone else notice Ozil, he’s bulked up quite abit, the extra mass makes you notice how tall he is, he’s 5ft11. Thought he was smaller till today.

Honestly your right. No heart attacks, clean sheet and genuinely creative performance in the premier league. We had a great game but it’s time for us to kick on and prove we can do it away against the big yeams away starting next week against city.

If we can get a result at Etihad and against Spuds, we then have a run of winnable games before Liver Birds and Chelski (both home) in April, and Man Gaal in May.
This result could e a kick start for rest of season
COYG

Le coq looks impressive in dm role
Alexis is a beast, what more can you say about him.
Rosicky finding pockets as well as Santi
Ox was a beast but needs to improve his shooting
Bellerin looked composed.
Saw a bit of ozil talents with that overhead flick pass.
Theo should have scored 3 goals by now, but he’s rusty, still finding them areas though.

Could have been 6 nil
COYG confidence on the up.

Debuchy dislocated shoulder, ref had a bit of a shite game, Giroud could’ve of had a peno.

you know what annoys me the most about arsenal???
knowing they can perform this way…why cant they do it regularly?,why couldnt we play like this at the britannia?…anyways,good performance all round…best performance of the season i think..

because of Flamini and Arteta… Also, Southhampton has won all matches against us this season.. wouldn’t be bad idea to steal schneiderlin from them. He is not cup tied and we are still on the run for the UCL.

Could have had 4 or 5 to improve goal diff – but controlled game and welcome clean sheet!!
Le Coq played well again (Will AW buy a DM in window or try and get Schneiderlein in summer?)
Santi still on a roll of great form and another good one from Rosicky.
Sanchez – well just Sanchez. Outstanding!!
Only one negative was refereeing
COYG

What the f#ck are you on about. Seriously moving to Arsenal was his best career move. He is a King here, his twice the player he was at Barca. I honestly don’t understand the poeple saying he is/will be unhappy. He’s playing the football of his life. With all the players that are returning we will only get better. There is a lot of potential in this team we just need defensive additions.

Nice team selection…… Nice play……… Congrats to the team, credit to wenger for a nice selection(i believe he is due)….. But……. He still needs to take a bow soon , we all know why…. Or I’m i being wicked?

Solid performance by everyone and only positive things to say! The more Coquelin plays the less i feel we need a top DM, he has simply been solid and made his presence known so far! His true test will however come away at City and Spuds. COYG!

Could have easily been 6-0 without Begovic and with Walcott and Ozil up to speed.

Shows again that our real issue is not enough good defensive minded fighters (defenders and midfielders) for the top opposition and away games. (Coq played well yet again). We have scored in all but two matches this season and have had about 7 starters out for 5 weeks+.

Really impress by le cog and rosicky in middle…I think wenger will play either flame or rambo against city tho to get some protection which im ok with long as he plays with 2 wingers and santi in the middle…call me crazy..I love ozil I really do but tge way santi is playing right now ozil gonna have to work hard to get that spot..which is how it should be…no position guarantee…u think its by chance that chambo playing better since Walcott returned? ?..competition help everybody wrk hard and ull ger a chance..ask ospina…its ur choice if u wanna keep ur spot or not

Le Coq can time a tackle! Aggressive but not reckless. I can see flashes of good vision for the long ball too, from today’s match as well as the hull match. Got some of the lads coming back too. I look forward to seeing, Walcott, ozil, Sanchez, and an in form santi playing together on the regular. Great to see little Mozart as always!

I think we should start the same team again next weekend, maybe Debuchy is out but Bellerin played well. If you play with both Ozil and Walcott you will lose a bit of defensive insurance. Coquelin made so many tackles yet again, and I think he only misplaced two passes today, those were upfield. He can also pass forward, played great with Rosicky there as well, both can turn and pass forward. So that is a great and quick way to turn defence to attack when picking the ball up from deep.

One thing though, we need to be more clinical nextweek. We wont get this many chances and we will need to score atleast 2 goals to win that game vs City maybe even a third.

It’s taken a while, but that’s the arsenal we all want to see!
Every player had a good game today and worked hard.
Nice to see Özil back and I’m sure Walcott will start scoring again.
Alexis motm as usual 😉

Great result, only wish Debuchy hadn’t gone off injured. The most important thing today was solid performances from Coq & Bellerin. They both need to have good games for their minds to be right. At their age/experience in the first team each good game gives them more confidence in themselves and the team. Especially important with oil Citeh up next. With Ozil back (& hungry), Theo still finding his feet, Rambo as an option, etc we are finally looking like the team we can be. All we need is a CB, DM & a striker.

Injury will probably force Wengers hand in the market. A CB is more important than a CDM at the moment though, with how well Coqueli has slotted in. Needs to work on his distribution, just pick the simple pass. If we have Chambers and Bellering as RB cover and Chambers a CDM CB cover a CB is probably needed. Or a versatile defender….

This club sells most of its team,finds very good replacements,always seem to find the correct coach, has a great academy and supplies the EPL with excellent talent.i will not be complaining if SOTON gets CL football.that will be well deserved.

Strange.People here are now glorifying Coquelin as if he is a different player after the loan spell.Coquelin is playing just like he was playing before he was loaned out.I always wondered why he wasnt played.I never understood why.i never recall him having a bad game.The only player that shone in the 8-2 defeat by Man U.
However he was labeled rubbish here by just too many.I never understood why.Always good to know you arent missing something..

With this lineup WENGER start redeeming himself, he is not out of the woods yet, till we see some good signings he is not off the hook…More than ever he needs to reinforce our dfence with Debuchy out for a few weeks at least…Ozil, Walcott and Ramsey need to get in form ASAP, we cant depend on King Alexis for every game, the big teams are watching and will do everything in their power to neutralize him….on the striker Department we are still shaky, Giroud was horrid today, Goals should come from him we are blessed that our DEFENDERS, WINGERS AND MIDFIELDERS are doing the job….SOTON is looking strong hope they will vanish at the end of the season as Everton did last year, it will be challenging to reach that 4th place

Great result but I see it brought out all the in Wenger we Trust brigade.
This result now goes on to strengthen Wengers resolve that he is right and there is no need to buy any quality players in this window. Arsenal need to strengthen their defence but watch Wenger he may buy a 18 year old for the future otherwise the no money will be spent.